The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-05
GROWERS RECORD.
a Aovlew OF Ills Presidential Career-Tht
Mistakes he has Made. ~ p

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NRw YoRK, March 1.-The Sun and th,
Tribune to-day devote considerable spac,
on their editorial pages to a review Of thu
frat two yoarD OF President Cleveland'l
administration. Tho Sun Gays:
The second year Of Mr.. Olcyeland's ad
ministration end, to-day. The character
and tendency OF that administration NAV
now DO regarded as formed and fixed
The line and groove OF lis policy are firmly
marked, and in the ordinary course oI
things there Is small reason to expect q
deviation from them. In iow montlls
more the question OF the next candidate
and the next administration will become
the first in the public mind. Whether
Mr. Cleveland Ia to be renomina!ed or not,
he must stand or fall by the record he has
already made. He can add to the record,
but be cannot change 1t? aud nothing in.
dicates tha. he Wishes to change 1t. ~.
lie is apparently well satisfied with
what has been done. Mr.. Clsyelsnd's
characteristics were pretty we'll known be.
fora no WAS elected to the Presidency, and
they have for the moat part been strenpth-
ened, but not altered, at Washington.
his aim has been to impose his wishes
upon the Democracy, not to consult and
Fcar!y out theirs, He sincerely believes
that he knows what Democrats need bet.
ter than they know themselves, They
ask Tor bread and he gives them stone.
The uncertainty and disposition to dicker
shown too often by the Democrats in the
Forty-ninth Congress has resulted largely
from the want Of cordial relations betysei,
them and tho President. 1t was his duty
10 lead them. to hold them together, to
propose mutual concssslons, and to find
clear and acceptable policy. He did not
doit. lie made vigorous effort to force
upon them his silver views, known to bs
unacceptable to a msjOrity OF the party !;
that is about oil. He has gone his way
and they have gons theirs. His way has
sometimes been tho better, and we give
him high and hearty praise for some OF hip
vetoea; but his duty was to guide as we'll
as to block. -, sa .1#7.
His administration has been free from
ecandel, save In one dark instance, -,As
long, however, as the purpose for which
he was elected remains uniulhlled, as long
as he prefers In even single fnatauce Rs:
publleans and MuXTumps to his natural
friends, as long as he wandera in pride Of
opinion out Of the straight and narrow
Democratic way, 80 long must he be iso.
lated from his party, and 60 long must the
performance OF his administration and ths
strength Of his party bs less than they
ought to be. We say nothing Of his per-
sonat hopea. II he was unmoved by tho
story OF tho fell elections, it is not TO be
thought that he cares for the deep dis.
Satisfaction which his policy still excites,
Tho fact remnina that the ruddsr OF ths
Democratic party has not been kept true.
The Tribune publishes detailed review,
which cccupies nearly two pages. In its
editorial eummary it sayG: president
Cleveland has removed, suspended and
called Tor designations of more public off,
cials and officials o! admitted worth and
fitness than any other PRECEDENT in Amer.
ican history. Even Andrew johnson,
wheE he betrayed tho party by which he
was elected, and stroye to break it down
by the use Of his patronage, made fewer
changes in two years than President Clsye-
land he's made. An unavoidable corse.
quencc ct such haste in selecting $4,000
men untried in public rv;cs is that many
unworthy persons have been chosen, but
tho number Of mistakes by President
Cleveland is surprising, and many arc pe-
cusiarlp offensive. The record Of factc
must bo examined in detail in order to
appreciate how srestly the character OF
the Governmest has changed since Presi-
dens Arthur went cut Of otiico With the
respect sllkc OF friends and ioes." 5g.-z ~